Actress and activist Roseanne Barr gives legalization a presidential promise
Roseanne Barr knows a thing or two about commercial and critical success. Her hit TV show Roseanne lasted nine seasons and earned the comic-actress an Emmy, a Golden Globe and three …
Visions
Grimes
Arbutus Records
On Visions, the third full-length album by Grimes, Clair Boucher’s honeyed falsetto floats and dives more times than this critic would be reasonably expected to count. The melodic interludes of “Be a Body,” for instance, are so high and …
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Dir. Sean Durkin
Fox Searchlight
Titular character Martha is drawn into a rural cultist family that strongly believes in sharing each other sexually. Once Martha, re-named Marcy May, is initiated into the group (by being drugged and then raped …
When the state budget falls short, beauty will be the first casualty to behold the pink slip. By July 2012, the State of California will close 70 state parks to save as estimated sum of $11 million, increasing to $22 …
In November 2011, two professors of economics, Mark Anderson from Montana State University and Daniel Rees from the University of Colorado, released a study showing that states with medical marijuana laws had a significant reduction in alcohol-related traffic fatalities. Now …
Recently, the California Court of Appeal in Santa Ana issued its opinion in City of Lake Forest v. Evergreen Holistic Collective. In this case, the Court of Appeal ruled that cites cannot outright ban medical marijuana collectives. The Court specifically …
This is shaping up to be a crazy year. And by “crazy” I mean “good.”
All across this great country the cannabis cause is publicly, loudly making its presence known like never before.
In Alabama—which is considered a very marijuana-unfriendly state—lawmakers are …
Any serious follower of music knows that even with all of the genres and sub-genres and hair-breadth, putative distinctions, there are really only two categories necessary for music: songs that have been parodied by “Weird Al” Yankovic and songs that …
Canada passes draconian crime bill
Acting on a get-tough-on-crime promise from Canada’s hard-Right government, the nation’s parliament passed a sweeping omnibus crime bill that raises mandatory prison sentences for even minor marijuana offenses from a minimum of seven years to 14.
Bill …
National alliance formed to fight IRS cannabis rule
Leaders from some of the nation’s largest cannabis advocacy groups have formed an alliance to combat the Internal Revenue Service’s use of an obscure tax code to financially cripple medical marijuana businesses.
The alliance …
Lawyers to dispensaries: Stop the “Linsanity”
Attorneys for New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin have sent letters to dispensaries in Southern California and elsewhere warning them to stop calling a strain of cannabis “Linsanity OG” or face legal action.
The new …
Patient: Felipe Antonio
Age: 33
Condition/Illness: T5 Paraplegic
Using medical cannabis since: 1999
WHY DID YOU START USING MEDICAL MARIJUANA?
When I was 17 years old, I was finishing high school and working in the night shift. One day I got home from work …
You can make a Silver Fizz by adding 1 egg white to the ingredients. 2 Tablespoons Cannabis Simple Syrup*** 1 1/2 jiggers of gin 1/2 cup crushed ice Carbonated water In a bar glass, combine the Simple Syrup …
Add a 1/4 cup of diced bell peppers to this recipe greener—and turn them into O’Brien Potatoes!
3 cups finely diced raw potatoes
1 teaspoon grated onion
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoon Canna Butter*
2 tablespoons Cannabis Infused Olive Oil**
With …
Makes two servings.
2 tablespoons Canna Butter*
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons chopped green onions
One drop of green food coloring
Salt and pepper to taste
Melt 2 tablespoons of Canna Butter in a skillet over low heat. Have eggs ready by the …
OK, who’s Larry? And why does he want to get us so medicated? From Evergreen Compassionate Health Center in Los Angeles, Larry OG Haze is the fun-loving hybrid of celebrity parents Silver Super Haze and G-13. Such a family tree …
We looked around for comments from cannabis aficionados about PR 80, which we found at Gourmet Green Edibles in Los Angeles, and came across a remark by someone calling it “the closest thing to Percocet I ever tried.” That’s sorta/kinda …
Say hello to our little friend. A 100-percent indica from The Closet Collective in Riverside, Scarface OG may have derived its name from coming on all sweet and charming right up until it whacks you with the force of a …
Santa Ana’s Access OC Caregivers has a reputation for maintaining high-quality stock—if it were a wine collector, folks would say it “keeps a very good cellar.” So we were hardly surprised to find AOCC’s top-shelf Blueberry to be one of …
The Cannabis Gourmet Cookbook
By Cheri Sicard
Z-Dog Media
Cookbook author and activist Cheri Sicard really hit the nail on the head when she decided to tackle one of the big questions among edible-consuming patients: “Why struggle with something you need to choke …
How Medical Cannabis Currently Impacts Us:
2,500 to 4,000: Estimated number of cannabis dispensary workers in Washington.
COMPARED TO
2,950: number of chief-executive jobs in Washington.
10,000: Estimated number of cannabis-production jobs.
COMPARED TO
9,870: Number of attorney jobs in Washington in 2010.
4 to 5: Average …
Our industry creates a tremendous impact on our economy
Welcome to Washington’s medical cannabis industry—where we all wholeheartedly agree that medicinal marijuana has proven a tremendous economic boon at a time when economic boons are hard to find. And while extracting …
How Medical Cannabis Currently Impacts Us:
12,000: Estimated number of cannabis dispensary jobs in California.
COMPARED TO
15,000: The number of large law firms that went out of business nationwide since 2008.
20,000: Estimated number of cannabis-production-related jobs in California.
COMPARED TO
16,919: Estimated mass …
Our industry creates a tremendous impact on our economy
There’s an unusual state of affairs in California in general, and in Northern California in particular. Despite being first in the union to pass a medical cannabis law, and despite their state …
Our industry creates a tremendous impact on our economy
“When you consider all the jobs created directly and indirectly by the medical cannabis industry, I think it’s safe to say that we’re talking tens of thousands of jobs,” says Aaron Smith, …
How Medical Cannabis Impacts Us:
$5 million: Statewide sales tax revenue from cannabis dispensaries in 2011.
COMPARED TO
$3.6 million: Statewide sales tax revenue from electronics and appliance stores in August 2011.
$11.2 million: Revenue generated by the state Medical Marijuana Registry.
COMPARED TO
$11.2 million: …
New coffee table book by Diplo captures his travels and the global music scene
Taste-shaping Philly DJ, producer and songwriter Diplo has been trotting his genre-blending sounds around the planet for the past decade. Melding influences including electro, hip-hop, Brazilian baile …
If you are medicating, here are a crop of movies that might fit your mood
Thankfully for the readers of CULTURE, Hollywood has embraced the stoner comedy genre in recent years, putting out great (and not-so-great) movies that either deal with …
A San Bernardino museum delves into the realm of skate art
“Full Deck: A Short History of Skate Art” brings new meaning to canvassing the neighborhood. The celebration of the subculture that emerged from a once-maligned pastime is at Cal State …
Looking for green programming—just change the channel
There’s no shortage of entertainment for the refined TV viewer who wants to spend a quality hour or two watching marijuana-themed programming. We have come up with handy list to help you make informed …
Our industry creates a tremendous impact on our economy
“Cities—and, to a lesser extent, the states—are starting to appreciate the revenue derived from the medical marijuana industry,” says Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association in Washington D.C. …
